Toy bed



B. C. SILVER. TOY BED.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1921.

1,398,745. Patehted Nov. 29, 1921 2 SHEETS-SHEET l- B. C. SILVER.

TOY BED.

I APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 192l- 1v,398,745. Patented Nov. 29, 1921. 2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

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BENNETT COLEMAN SILVER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TOY BED.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENNETT COLEMAN SILVER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Beds, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has to do with certain improvements in toy beds, and has reference particularly to improvements in folding beds made of wire and which are so con structed that they can be folded up into a practically flat form convenient for storage or shipment. More particularly it has reference to a bed of this kind which when opened out into working position will be locked'in such position so that it will properly retain its form. Y

Other objects and uses of the invention will appear from a detailed description of the same, which consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a bed embodying the features of the present invention, which has been opened out into working position; and

Fig. 2 shows a View of the bed of Fig. 1 folded up into a practically flat form convenient for storage or shipment.

The head of the bed comprises a single piece of wire 3, bent into form to provide the side pieces 4 and 5 and the top connecting member 6. The head is also provided with two cross members 7 and 8 in its lower portion and a cross member 9 in its upper portion, and with vertical posts 10 and 11 extending between the cross members 8 and 9. All of these wire parts may be fastened together by soldering or brazing, or by twisting them in the proper manner.

The foot of the bed comprises a single piece of wire 12, bent to provide the posts 13 and 14 and the top cross member 15. It also includes the cross bars 16 and 17 which in like manner may be either soldered or brazed into place or secured by twisting.

On each side of the bed are crossed rail wires 18 and 19. The rails 18 extend diagonally between the cross bar 7 at the head of the bed and the cross bar 16 at the foot of the bed; and the rails 19 extend diagonally between the cross bar 8 at the head of the bed and the cross bar 17 at the foot of the bed. The end portions of the rails 18 and Specification of Letters Patent. Patent-,ed'N 29 1921 Application filed June 13,

1921. Serial No. 47 194.

19 are connected to their respective cross bars by looping in the manner clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. p

A cross bar 20 extends between the head portions of the wires 18, and a cross wire 21 extends between the foot portions of the.

wires 19. These cross wires 20 and 21 serve to space the nd portions ofthe wires 18and 19 the proper distance apart.

, Secured to the cross bar 21 of the wires 19 is a pair of slat bars 22 and 23. The foot ends of these slat bars are secured to the cross bar 21 in any suitable manner, as by soldering or brazing. The head ends of the slat bars 22 and 23 rest upon the head cross bar 20, on which they are free to slide and pass beneath the cross bar 7 of the head of the bed, beneath which they are also free to slide. The extreme end portions of the slat bars 22 and 23 are hooked upwardly, as at 24 and 25, the hooks being so placed that when the bed has been opened out into the working position shown in Fig. 1, said hooks will be thrown against the cross bar 7 of the head of the bed and will hold the structure in the working position.

When the bed is to be folded up, the head and foot portions are moved away from each other. During this operation the slat bars 22 and 23 are projected rearwardly, their looked portions 24 and 25 moving away from the cross bar 7 as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

While I have herein shown and described only a single embodiment of the features of my invention, still I do not limit myself to said embodiment except as I may do so in the claims.

I claim:

1. A toy bed comprising in combination head and foot members each including an inverted U-shaped member ofwire bent to the lower end portions of the side rails ad- 7 jacent to the head of the bed, a cross bar of wire extending between the lower end portions of the side rails adjacent to the foot of the bed, a pair of longitudinally extending slats of wire having their foot ends secured to the cross bar between the side rails at the foot of the bed and their head ends resting upon the cross bar between the side rails at the head of the bed, and hooks on the head ends of said slats adapted to engage the lower cross bar of the head of the bed when the bed is in working position, substantially as described.

2. A toy bed comprising in combination head and foot members each including an inverted U-shaped member having a pair of corner posts and a cross connecting member, a pair of separated transverse bars extending between the lower portions of the posts of each of said members, a pair of side rails at each side of the bed, each having one of its ends pivotally connected to the upper cross bar of one member and to the lower cross bar of the other member, where-- by the side rails at each side of the bed extend in criss-cross fashion longitudinally of such side, a cross bar extending between the lower end portions of the side rails adjacent to the head of the bed, a cross bar extendin between the lower end portions of the side rails adjacent to the foot of the bed, a pair of longitudinally extending slats each having one end secured to the cross bar between the side rails at one end of the bed, and their other ends resting upon'the cross bar between the side rails at the other'end of the bed, and means in conjunction with said slats adapted to engage the lower cross bar of the last mentioned end of the bed when the bed is in working position substantially as described.

3. A toy bedcomprising in combination head and foot members each having a pair of corner posts, a pair of separated transverse bars extending between the lower portions of the posts of each of said members, a pair of siderails at each side of the bed each having one of its ends pivotally connected to the upper cross bar of one member and to the lower cross bar or" the other member, whereby the side rails at each side of the bed extend in criss-cross fashionlongitudinally of such side, a cross bar extending between the lower end portions of the side rails adjacent to the head of the bed, a cross bar extending between the lower end portions of the side rails adjacent to the foot of the bed, a longitudinally extending slat having one end secured to the cross bar between the side rails at one end ofthe bed and having its other end resting upon the cross bar between the side rails at the other end or" the bed, and means in conjunction with said slat adapted to engage the lower cross bar of the last mentioned end of the bed when the bed is in working position, substantially as described.

BENNETT COLEMAN SILVER. 

